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Proverbs 12:2

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A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
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  1. Proverbs 8:35Rank 1 from verse 2
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    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

  2. Acts 11:24Rank 2 from verse 2
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    24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

  3. Psalms 112:5Rank 3 from verse 2
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    5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

  4. Romans 5:7Rank 4 from verse 2
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    7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

  5. Isaiah 32:5–7Rank 5 from verse 2
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    5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

    6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

    7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

  6. Proverbs 1:31Rank 6 from verse 2
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    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

  7. Ecclesiastes 8:8Rank 7 from verse 2
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    8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

  8. Proverbs 6:18Rank 8 from verse 2
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    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

  9. Psalms 9:15Rank 9 from verse 2
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    15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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Proverbs 12:2

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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favour

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Sense 1: Goodwill, approval, acceptance, kindness, mercy, support, or beneficial regard. Sense 2: Pleasing appearance or charm. Sense 3: To regard, support, prefer, or treat kindly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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condemn

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To pronounce guilty or wrong; to sentence, judge against, disapprove, or doom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12:1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

12:2A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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12:3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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